PRACSIS and Imago delight attendees with music and dance at European Green Capital ceremony in Ljubljana

PRACSIS and PR Concept organise an exciting week of events in Tallinn

PRACSIS and Comunicative web-stream live from the United Nations in Vienna

The network with a common approach and with emphasis on national and regional dimensions.

EURACSIS is a European network composed of prominent PCOs (Professional Congress Organisers) and communication agencies, whose overall purpose is to support the integration of communication and conferences services across the European Union.

Why work with us?

EURACSIS provides:

300 experienced and committed communications specialists who can advise and lead you through the most complex pan-European projects

A one-stop shop with a harmonized quality of service and consistency that caters to every type of cross-border activity

The capacity to roll out a project on a European scale, as well as the flexibility and regional, and national insight that an office in a target country or countries can bring to your project

A network managed by PRACSIS, the Brussels-based PCO and communication agency with an excellent knowledge of EU affairs and issues as a result of its 15 years of working with European institutions.

Our Services

The network members have years of accumulated experience in furnishing service in the following areas:

Conferences and meetings

Public/press relations

Events

Exhibitions / stands

Campaigns

And also:

Web design

Social networking and communication

Media buying

Reputation and crisis management

EURACSIS News

PRACSIS and Media Basket team up in Sofia

On 5 and 6 February 2018—just four days after its event in Bucharest—PRACSIS was in Sofia to organise the 21st European Forum on Eco-innovation. This edition of the two-day EU conference focused on solutions for improving air quality and was held at the Sofia Science and Technology Park in the John Atanasoff building (named for the American physicist of Bulgarian decent who is credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer). The conference was made possible with the assistance of Sofia-based EURACSIS firm Media Basket. With high-level speakers such as Bulgarian Minister for Environment Nino Dimov and EU Director-General for Environment Daniel Calleja, the forum set an attendance record with over 500 people!

With the help of EURACSIS agency Propaganda Consulting, PRACSIS organised its seventh public event for Sustainable Energy Investment Forums, the European Commission programme that aims to boost financing for energy efficiency in EU member states. The event took place on 01 February 2018 in Bucharest and was organised by the European Commission’s DG Energy and EASME in partnership with

the Romanian Ministry of Energy,

the Romanian Ministry of Regional Development, Public Administration and European Funds,

the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority, and

the UN Environment Finance Initiative.

The event had more than 40 speakers—including Romanian Minister for Energy Anton ANTON (pictured, right) and state secretary Mihaela Virginia TOADER (pictured, left)—and was attended by 200 people, with plenaries as well as smaller breakout sessions for more in depth discussion. Around twenty Romanian media outlets—print, TV, and radio—covered the event.

PRACSIS and RESET PR cooperate on two important events in Paris

PRACSIS was busy in Paris in December 2017 organizing two events for the European Commission. The first was DG Environment’s Clean Air Forum at the splendid Hôtel de Ville. The two-day event was attended by more than 300 hundred people and viewed online by another 450. High interest in the conference was thanks to an impressive lineup of speakers, which included Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Bulgarian Minister for Environment Nino Dimov, President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France Valerie Pecresse, EU Commissioners Karmenu Vella and Pierre Moscovici, and former EU Commissioner Dacian Cioloș.

The second conference, which took place at the Arche de la Défense, focused on how to increase financing for energy efficiency projects around Europe. The event was organized for DG Energy and EASME in cooperation with the French Ministry of Ecological & Solidary Transition. PRACSIS’s local EURACSIS agency RESET PR helped take care press relations for the conference which featured high-level speakers from French and other government ministries, CEOs of major banks, the UN, IEA, and MEPs.

On the same day, Pracsis also organized a public signing ceremony for an important loan contract between the European Investment Bank, NATIXIS (an arm of Groupe BPCE) and AKUO, a sustainable energy project developer. Ambroise Fayolle, vice-president of the EIB (pictured, middle) said “a total of €330 million is being mobilized by the EIB in cooperation with prime financial partners committed to climate action [. . .] to support Akuo in their renewable energy investments. This is a strong signal from EIB that we are stepping up financing to climate action.”

PRACSIS and PR Concept team up for 2nd Circular Procurement Congress in Tallinn – December 2017

PRACSIS and PR Concept (EURACSIS’s Estonian agency) joined forces in Tallinn to organize the second edition of the Circular Procurement Congress, hosted by the Estonian Presidency of the EU, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment, Rijkswaterstaat of the Netherlands, and ICLEI. You can watch a recording of the event here, produced by PRACSIS’s web-streaming team. The event took place almost one year since PRACSIS and PR Concept last combined their efforts for the 20th European Forum on Eco-innovation in Tallinn.

On 28 September 2017, PRACSIS organized its fourth public event for Sustainable Energy Investment Forums, the European Commission programme that aims to boost financing for energy efficiency in EU member states.
The event took place in Dublin at the Clontarf Castle Hotel and was organized with the help of a team from Plunkett, the Dublin-based EURACSIS firm. PRACSIS and Plunkett were responsible for logistics, PR, and press relations for the event, which gathered more than 80 Irish and British project developers, public authorities, banks, and other players from the finance sector interested in sustainable energy investment. The event had 25 speakers with plenaries as well as smaller breakout sessions for more in depth discussion.
The event was organised for the European Commission’s DG Energy and EASME, the UN Environment Finance Initiative, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, the UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, and Ireland’s Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.

Green Week 2017 kicks off in Malta

PRACSIS returned to Malta on 29 May to support the launch of Green Week 2017. Web-streamed live from Buskett Woodlands in the southwest of the island, the event featured speeches by Karmenu Vella, EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs & Fisheries and
José Herrera, Maltese Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change.
With assistance from 3BX, PRACSIS flew a drone equipped with a camera and transmitter to capture a bird’s-eye view of the event, which included a half-hour stroll by participants through the woodlands.
View the recording below:

EMAS in Malta: conference and awards ceremony

On 8 May, in Malta, PRACSIS organised three events for the European Commission’s Directorate General for the Environment: a High Level Conference on Sustainable Tourism, the 2017 EMAS Awards Ceremony, and a workshop on the European Ecolabel. The events took place on the occasion of the Maltese Presidency.
PRACSIS had the help of its Maltese partner 3BX in organising the events, and was responsible for stagecraft, logistics, registration, press and PR work, and crafting the visual identity and other multimedia shown at the events
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PRACSIS and PR Concept organise an exciting week of events in Tallinn

In October 2016, the Estonian government and the European Commission hosted the 20th European Forum on Eco-innovation in Tallinn. This was the 19th edition of the Forum that PRACSIS was responsible for organising from the ground up. With the help of the Estonian-based agency PR Concept, PRACSIS arranged the programme, logistics, venue, registration, speakers, web and media work, promotion, catering, web streaming services—and much more. They also took care of the European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE) in Tallinn’s beautiful Seaplane Harbour Museum (Lennusadam)—the first time in PRACSIS history that guests shared a room with a real life submarine.

PRACSIS and Imago delight attendees with music and dance at European Green Capital ceremony in Ljubljana

The winning cities of the 2018 European Green Capital Award (Nijmegen) and 2017 European Green Leaf (Galway) were crowned on 22 June 2016 at an award ceremony in Ljubljana organized by PRACSIS and its Slovenian partner agency Imago. PRACSIS made sure the evening had dramatic arc and suspense: after a fascinating review of the competing cities’ environmental accomplishments, modern dancers carrying torches delivered the verdict announced on stage. Then, after enjoying a full-course meal and drinks, everyone let their hair down to dance to Balkan music performed by Magnifico, a popular Slovenian artist.

PRACSIS and Comunicative web-stream live from the United Nations in Vienna

PRACSIS was in Vienna in June to webcast the closing event of Green Week 2016, which featured EU Commissioner for Environment, Karmenu Vella, as well as speakers from the United Nations. With logistical help from Comunicative, PRACSIS delivered its full suite of web-streaming services at the UN’s impressive Vienna International Centre – VIC. This was on the heels of several other Green Week events in Brussels and Ljubljana, which PRACSIS organized and also web-streamed live.

In November 2015, PRACSIS, together with Contact und Creation, organized a special high-level EMAS conference, celebrating 20 years of the European Commission’s premium environmental management tool. The conference was held at the European Central Bank’s brand new headquarters in Frankfurt, a glass and steel high-rise joined to a newly renovated, early 20th century market hall